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One 2014 study of 327 older women in seven different prisons in the southern United States found that as a baseline of their health conditions and needs, older incarcerated women have, on average, 4.2 chronic health problems, and very high rates of mental illness, for example with 46% of the women in the study experiencing high or serious ...
Women in American prisons encounter numerous difficulties that often involve mental health problems, drug and alcohol issues, and trauma. These challenges not only make navigating the criminal justice system more difficult for women but also highlights broader societal issues such as gender-based violence, economic inequalities, and lack of mental health support. [1]
In June 1991, an inmate died; some inmates "refused to report to their prison jobs" to protest the prison's medical care "which they said was linked to the death". [10] Later, an autopsy was conducted to show that the inmate "died of acute inflammation of the pancreas," not "an overdose of the tranquilizer Haldol" as some inmates believed. [11]
The “additional and more comprehensive water testing" has been ordered at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater “to assure staff and incarcerated individuals that the water is safe ...
We’re all guilty of refilling our plastic water bottles—but the consequences can be seriously harmful to your health.
The body cavity search Christina Cardenas was subjected to at a correctional facility and hospital in Tehachapi amounted to "state sanctioned torture," famed attorney Gloria Allred said.
A 2005 article by researcher Terry A. Kuper's noted that male prisoners tend to under report emotional problems and don't request help until a crisis, [47] and that prison fosters an environment of toxic masculinity, which increases resistance to psychotherapy. [48]
Martha Stewart's stay in federal prison was no cupcake.. The lifestyle mogul spent five months at Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia (nicknamed Camp Cupcake) after she was found guilty ...